A variety of custom system-wide fonts for the Wii U.

Check out the System Font Customization Guide for creating your own custom system font for Wii U!

Table of Contents:

Pop Happiness

Pop Happiness (Popハッピネス) is a Point of Purchase typeface designed by Fontworks.

It is used for the UI in many Nintendo games. It is also used for the tutorial sections in Hyperdimension Neptunia games for the PlayStation 3.





List of Games Using this Font for the UI:

  • Luigi’s Mansion
  • Super Mario Sunshine
  • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2
  • Kirby’s Return to Dream Land / Adventure Wii
  • Mario Tennis Open
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory / Re;Birth3: V Generation
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
  • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
  • Mario Golf: World Tour
  • Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
  • Complete list of Mario related games using this font

Download Font:

Side-bearings Notes

Fixed the side-bearings (spacing) for Greek glyphs, Cyrillic glyphs,
and the following glyphs: ° ´ ‘ ’ “ ” ′ ″
This fix is included in the Wii U system font.

Pop Joy

Pop Joy (Popジョイ) is a rounded Point of Purchase typeface designed by Fontworks.

It is commonly used for the UI in Paper Mario games.





List of Games Using this Font for the UI:

  • Dr. Mario 64
  • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
  • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  • Super Paper Mario
  • Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
  • Paper Mario: Sticker Star
  • Paper Mario: Color Splash
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King
  • Complete list of Mario related games using this font

Download Font:

Side-bearings Notes

Fixed the side-bearings (spacing) for Greek glyphs, Cyrillic glyphs,
and the following glyphs: ° ´ ‘ ’ “ ” ′ ″

The glyphs' horizontal scale has been adjusted to be less wider.
Both tweaks are included in the Wii U system font to avoid text clipping/wrapping.

Installing the Custom System Font

Aroma custom firmware is required to use the mod. Install CFW if you haven't already.

No system files in the MLC NAND are modified in the process. The custom system font is loaded into RAM only, so it's safe to install a custom system font without worrying about bricking the console.

  1. Download the System Font Replacer plugin.

  2. Add the downloaded font file to SDCARD:/wiiu/fonts.

  3. Open the Plugin menu (L + D-Pad ↓ + Select).

  4. Go to System Font Replacer.

  5. Activate this plugin.

  6. Select the downloaded font file for Standard font.

  7. Disable Use custom fonts only for Wii U Menu to apply the font system-wide.

  8. Reboot the console.

The custom system font has been installed.

You can also install the custom system font to Cemu emulator.

The font files in /Cemu/resources/sharedFonts are replacement system fonts which are used if the real system fonts don't exist in a virtual MLC NAND.
Do not add the custom/real system fonts to this folder, as those added fonts will be overwritten with replacement ones after Cemu updates.
Instead, the custom/real system fonts should be added to a virtual MLC NAND.

  1. Rename the downloaded font file to CafeStd.ttf.

  2. Launch Cemu.

  3. Go to File → Open MLC folder.

  4. Navigate to /sys/title/0005001b/10042400/content. Create folders if those don’t exist.

  5. Add the CafeStd.ttf file here.

  6. Launch any of the system apps (if installed) and see how the custom system font looks.

The custom system font has been installed.

Restoring the System Font

  1. Open the Plugin menu (L + D-Pad ↓ + Select).

  2. Turn off this plugin.

  3. Reboot the console.

The system font has been restored.

  1. Launch Cemu.

  2. Go to File → Open MLC folder.

  3. Navigate to /sys/title/0005001b/10042400/content.

  4. Delete or rename the CafeStd.ttf file.

  5. Launch any of the system apps (if installed) and see how the original system font looks.

The system font has been restored.

Screenshots

Some screenshots of games officially using those fonts.

Click any of the screenshots below for full view.


Super Mario Galaxy
Pop Happiness font used for the UI.
Screenshot taken with Dolphin Emulator


Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2
Pop Happiness font used for the tutorial sections.
Screenshot taken with RPCS3 emulator


Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory / Re;Birth3: V Generation
Pop Happiness font used for the "Teach Me, Histy!" display text, it is shown each time a tutorial is unlocked.
Screenshot taken with RPCS3 emulator (Victory)


Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Pop Joy font used for the UI.
Screenshot taken with Dolphin Emulator


Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
Pop Joy font used for the tutorial sections.
Screenshot taken with RPCS3 emulator


Paper Mario: Color Splash
Pop Joy font used for the UI.
Screenshot taken with Cemu emulator


Paper Mario: The Origami King
Pop Joy font used for the UI.
Screenshot taken with Ryujinx emulator